Article on IGN by Matthew Fowler & Jim Vejvoda
IGN chatted with True Blood star Anna Paquin this morning, during which time we had the chance to ask her about the possibility of returning to the X-Men franchise. The Oscar-winning actress played Rogue in the first three X-Men films.
When it was announced that Josh Schwartz was writing X-Men: First Class, Variety said that the movie would likely “enlist such characters as Iceman, Rogue, Angel, Colossus, Jubilee and Shadowcat.”
So would Paquin be up for playing Rogue again? “Absolutely. Yeah,” she told us. “I would hope I could do a little bit more action next time, though. I kind of find it ironic that I did three big action films and did, actually, no action whatsoever. I mean I got some really amazing emotional story moments, but I didn’t really get to do the physical stuff.”
She continued, “You know, as much as I loved doing those films I was kind of like, ‘OK, so when do I get to beat someone up? When do I get to steal some powers?’ You know Sookie [Paquin's True Blood character] gets to do more action than Rogue ever did. So I’m just putting that out there. More action please, for next time.”
wonder if they will try to woo her back and make her character more dynamic now that she is the lead in a successful show. i see her point. why be in a movie like that and not get to do what the boys do??? i think this why fans of the comics weren’t into the screen version of rogue. in the comics, she’s such a badd-ass dynamo and they just made her emo in the movie. i don’t remember the movies, but i hear this complaint a lot. so obviously she feels the same way. wasted potential.
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I loved her as Rogue! I agree though. Let her do some of the butt kicking! Rogue was always a very strong fighter! I wonder when Gambit will show up?
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I think that she would do a great job playing the bad-ass, grown-up version of Rogue, schedule permitting of course. True Blood really looks like its going to be around for awhile.
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THAT’S SO STUPID! Anna Paquin, (bein the kick ass person she is), shouldn’t have to ASK to fight! In the comics and even the freakin show- Rogue was ALWAYS on the frontlines fighting harder than HALF of the boys. It PISSED me off that she got NO good fighting in! xD
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